Newcastle United's loan ranger Gary Caldwell will be brought in from the cold by Coventry tonight as they look to pull away from the relegation zone.

Newcastle United's loan ranger Gary Caldwell will be brought in from the cold by Coventry tonight as they look to pull away from the relegation zone.

The Chronicle revealed on Saturday how the Scotland international had been sidelined for the past three games by Sky Blues manager Gary McAllister, along with all the cash-strapped club's high-earners and loan players.

But while the likes of Youssef Chippo have been paid off and other short-term loan players - such as Liverpool's Ritchie Partridge - been sent back to their clubs, Caldwell was left at Highfield Road playing reserve football.

As he is on a season-long loan, had Caldwell returned to St James's Park he would not have been able to play for the first team or reserves.

And with City still paying a proportion of his wages it did not make any sense for them to freeze out a player who has impressed in a number of positions this season having been sent to Coventry to get first-team games under his belt.

Caldwell had been left out of games against Leicester City, Preston North End and Ipswich Town, from which they had taken just a point.

Now McAllister - who said he wanted to blood in young players over the coming weeks - has had a change of heart following Saturday's disastrous 4-2 home defeat at the hands of Ipswich which has left them just eight points above the drop zone.

United will also be relieved that highly-rated Caldwell will not waste away in the remaining weeks of the season and will instead get more First Division games under his belt.

For they want the Stirling-born 21-year-old to come back next season and challenge for a place in the first-team squad.